“The Two Planets Series” is a humorous illustration of cultural differences between East and West, and the weight of education and social context when dealing with them. In this work, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook records films of Thai villagers faced with four major French masterpieces of the 19th century. The unsophisticated villagers express their feelings with such extraordinary freedom that you can’t help but smile.
In this work, Araya is not making fun of them, but rather demonstrating that we may have lost our innocence and spontaneity in the face of Art.